[gmx-users] Optimal Hardware for Gromacs

[Alexey Shvetsov]

2010/5/2 David van der Spoel <spoel at xray.bmc.uu.se>

> On 2010-05-02 10.32, Alexey Shvetsov wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Actualy suppermicro offers 4 socket machines with 12-core amd cpus so
>> you get 48cores in 1U
>> GROMACS perform well on such hardware =)
>>
>
> Sure but a simple rule of thumb is that you want to maximize aggregate
> clockspeed per dollar. Such machines might be quite a bit more expensive
> than the simpler ones.
>
> Yes. But not in this case =) Opteron 61xx series costs about 1000$ per
unit. So 4 socket platform from supermicro will cost about 10k$.

>
>> In case of using Infiniband you need IB switch of dual port ib cards (to
>> connect machines as a 1d torus)
>>
>>
>
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Best Regards,
Alexey 'Alexxy' Shvetsov
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Russia
Department of Molecular and Radiation Biophysics
Gentoo Team Ru
Gentoo Linux Dev
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